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Newer versions of Microsoft’s operating systems and software products are better at fighting cybercrime than older versions, according to a new report put out by Microsoft researchers.
Windows 7 and Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 had the lowest infection rates of any Microsoft OS, found the “Microsoft Security Intelligence Report,” based on data gathered from [...] Read more »

Posted on May 5th, 2010 under Consumer Cyber Alert, Exploits & Hacks, Security News. Tags: Antivirus Applications, Computer Infections, Cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Easy Pickings, Intelligence Report, Internet Browsers, Microsoft Os, Microsoft Security, Older Software, Security Intelligence. Comments: None

Part of the CanSecWest conference is the annual Pwn2Own contest where security researchers show off their hacking expertise and compete to exploit and compromise fully-patched systems–a challenge the security researchers seem to overcome with surprising ease year after year.
Security researchers in the Pwn2Own contest demonstrate just how trivial it is for dedicated attackers to compromise [...] Read more »

Posted on April 26th, 2010 under Consumer Cyber Alert, Exploits & Hacks, MAC, Windows, iPod/iPhone. Tags: Adequate Defense, Apple Hardware, Apple Microsoft, Attackers, CanSecWest, Internet Explorer, Mac Os X, Malware Threats, Microsoft Security, New Malware, Pwn2Own, Security Conference, Security Lessons, Software Updaters. Comments: None

Microsoft has warned Windows users to be on their guard against a piece of rogue antivirus software passing itself off as Microsoft Security Essentials.
Security essentials 2010 is a piece of software Microsoft said installs a fake virus scanner on your machine and monitors and blocks processes it doesn’t like.
The software will also block access to [...] Read more »

Posted on March 25th, 2010 under Virus & Malware, Windows. Tags: Antivirus Software, Malware, Microsoft, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Windows, rogue anti-virus, Security Essentials, Virus Scanner, Web Browsers, Windows Users. Comments: None

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that the December release cycle will contain eight bulletins, six of which will have a severity rating of Critical. The notification states that these Critical bulletins are for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, and Office. There will also be two Important bulletins for Microsoft Windows and Office. [...] Read more »

Posted on December 12th, 2008 under Security Alerts, U.S. Cert Activity. Tags: Advance Notification, Bulletins, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Microsoft Explorer, Microsoft Internet, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Windows, Rest Of The Story, Security Bulletin, Severity Rating, Windows Explorer, Windows Internet. Comments: None

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that its November release cycle will contain two bulletins, one of which will have the severity rating of Critical. The notification states that this Critical bulletin is for Microsoft Windows and Office. There will also be one Important bulletin for Microsoft Windows. Release of these bulletins [...] Read more »

Posted on November 15th, 2008 under Security Alerts, U.S. Cert Activity. Tags: Advance Notification, Bulletins, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Windows, Nbsp, November 11, Rest Of The Story, Security Bulletin, Severity Rating. Comments: None

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that its September release cycle will contain four bulletins, all of which will have a severity rating of Critical. The notification states that these Critical bulletins are for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET Framework, Office, SQL Server, and Visual Studio. Release of these bulletins is scheduled [...] Read more »

Posted on September 7th, 2008 under Security Alerts, U.S. Cert Activity. Tags: Advance Notification, Bulletins, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Microsoft Explorer, Microsoft Internet, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Windows, Rest Of The Story, Security Bulletin, September 9, Severity Rating, Visual Studio, Windows Explorer, Windows Internet. Comments: None